As UK care homes face a Covid second wave, families are seeking alternatives

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As UK care homes face a Covid second wave, families are seeking alternatives
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Growing numbers of older people are choosing live-in care or to move in with homeowners who have spare rooms

Anxiety is running high about the risk of loved ones contracting Covid in a care home over the coming months. And not without reason. Between early March and early August, care homes in England and Wales recorded some 26,500 excess deaths.

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